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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has submitted to Parliament a list of 19 Ministers who will make up his Cabinet Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s action is in fulfilment of Article 76(1) of the 1992 Constitution which enjoins him to select some Ministers to form his Cabinet.<\/p>\n
The Article states that, \u201cThere shall be a cabinet which shall consist of the President, the Vice President and not less than ten and not more than nineteen Ministers of State.\u201d<\/p>\n
It did not state which Ministerial portfolio should be included in the Cabinet of any government.<\/p>\n
Clause (2) of the same Article said the Cabinet shall \u201cassist the President in the determination of general policy of the Government.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Aaron Ocquaye announced the list to the Members of Parliament (MPs).<\/p>\n
Below is the list of Ministers selected:<\/b><\/p>\n
(1) Alan Kyeremanteng \u2013 Trade<\/p>\n
(2) Ken Ofori Atta \u00a0\u2013 Finance<\/p>\n
(3) Dominic Nitiwul- Defence<\/p>\n
(4) Ayorkor Botchey- Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n
(5) Gloria Akufo- AG<\/p>\n
(6) Ambrose Dery \u2013 Interior<\/p>\n
(7) Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto- Agriculture<\/p>\n
(8) Boakye Agyarko \u2013 Energy<\/p>\n
(9) Dr. Matthew Opoku-Prempeh \u2013 Education<\/p>\n
(10) Kwaku Agyeman Manu\u2014Health<\/p>\n
(11) Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei- Monitoring and Evaluation<\/p>\n
(12) Dan Botwe\u2014Regional Integration<\/p>\n
(13) Peter Amewu\u2014Lands<\/p>\n
(14) Kofi Ada\u2014Sanitation and water<\/p>\n
(15) Joe Ghartey \u2013 Railway Development<\/p>\n
(16) Ignatius Baffuor Awuah\u2014 Employment and Labour<\/p>\n
(17) Kwaku Ofori Asiamah- Transport<\/p>\n
(18) Catherine Afeku \u2013 Tourism<\/p>\n
(19) Mavis Hawa Koomson- Special Development in initiatives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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